Santa Ana College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Santa Ana College was founded in the year 1915. The college covers more than 45 acres of land at the corner of Bristol and 17th streets in Santa Ana, California. The college also has a satellite campus in Orange, California.

Santa Ana College offers several courses and is organized into a number of academic departments. Some of these deal with areas of study like accounting, anthropology, sociology, women's studies, business administration, computer science, criminal justice, economics, fashion design and merchandising, history, international business, pharmacy technician and television courses.

Santa Ana College offers more than $400,000 in scholarships to its students each academic year. The names of the scholarship recipients are proclaimed at the Scholarship Awards Ceremony.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in nutrition and exercise therapy, production trades, security and law enforcement, and liberal arts.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Associates Colleges.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Santa Ana College participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 57% of students received financial aid of some sort.

(Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.)

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 33,916 in 2009-2010 (11,275 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 39% of the student body. About 26% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Associate.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (183 awarded)

• Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
• Business Administration and Management
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Retailing and Retail Operations
• Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations
• Selling Skills and Sales Operations
• Small Business Administration/Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (27 awarded)

• Computer Graphics
• Computer Programming/Programmer
• Computer Science
• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
• Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration
• Information Technology
• System Administration/Administrator
• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (1 awarded)

• Apparel and Textile Manufacture
• Apparel and Textile Marketing Management

COOKING AND CULINARY ARTS (1 awarded)

• Cooking and Related Culinary Arts
• Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager

DESIGN (0 awarded)

• Design and Visual Communications
• Fashion/Apparel Design
• Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (4 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (0 awarded)

• Special Education and Teaching
• Teacher Assistant/Aide

ENGINEERING (7 awarded)

• Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (40 awarded)

• Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD
• Drafting and Design Technology/Technician
• Engineering Technology
• Manufacturing Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (25 awarded)

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies

FINE ARTS (0 awarded)

• Metal and Jewelry Arts

LAW (37 awarded)

• Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary
• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (754 awarded)

• American Sign Language (ASL)
• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• Geography
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Library Assistant/Technician
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (2 awarded)

• Mathematics

MECHANICS AND REPAIR (57 awarded)

• Automobile/Automotive Mechanics Technology/Technician
• Communications Systems Installation and Repair Technology
• Diesel Mechanics Technology/Technician
• Electrical/Electronics Equipment Installation and Repair
• Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology/Technician

MEDIA (26 awarded)

• Advertising
• Animation, Interactive Tech, Video Graphics and Special Effects
• Broadcast Journalism
• Journalism
• Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design
• Radio and Television
• Recording Arts Technology/Technician

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (112 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Medical/Clinical Assistant
• Pharmacy Technician/Assistant

MEDICINE (6 awarded)

• Health/Medical Preparatory Programs

MUSIC (1 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (113 awarded)

• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (38 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Occupational Therapist Assistant

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (23 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
• Office Management and Supervision

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (3 awarded)

• Photography

PRODUCTION TRADES (57 awarded)

• Machine Tool Technology/Machinist
• Welding Technology/Welder

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (35 awarded)

• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (244 awarded)

• Corrections
• Criminal Justice/Police Science
• Fire Science/Fire-fighting

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (21 awarded)

• Psychology